Vegetable Allotment Plot

Week 8 – Year 2

29th March – 5th April 2009

This week we have not much rain here as expected instead mostly sunny fine days with chilly nights, no frost too, some said this Spring has arrived 9 days earlier than usual….

Potatoes: first early

After reading the informs of the moon calendar, I have sown my first early potatoes on the 1st of April, they are Lady Crystal, Swift, Accent and Aaron Pilot, even put some in 2 grow bags too….

Early Peas & Mangetouts

Have transplant all the peas which I have prepared from the green house to the plot, I have collect some twigs and here they are, two giant bird nest….

Harvest: leeks & cabbage

Manage to get some harvest from the leeks which left behind from last season, took out all the Stonehead and purple cabbages which I bought from Henleaze Garden shop as young plants last year, I found that they were not perform as good as home sow seeds, so a lesson learnt…..

Chicken & Crows

Recently one of the plotter have started rear chicken at the plot, they look a bit skinny at the moment, we plotters have different opinions on this move and mostly thought that the fox will have a good feast on them, well watch this space….

The different kind of freedom wings are the Crows, they are really thriving at the allotment and compare with the caged chicken they seem happier to waddle about, though they are not guarantee with feed like the chicken, there are plenty to look for….

Project: tea leave mix

Another new project is to collect used tea bags, as the whole family is tea drinker we have lots of tea leaves leftover, I normally dumped them in the compost heaps, and I now actually mix them up with some topsoil scatter on top of the planting area, act as a blanket, this is a trial and watch this space too….

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April 9, 2009 - Posted by vegetplotlot | Plot 25A | cabbage, chicken, crows. peas, Leeks, mangetouts, moon calendar, potatoes, tea leaves